The northern segment, which is 410 kilometres (255 mi) long,[1] runs north–south along the Lebombo Mountains from Zimbabwe to Eswatini.
The southern segment, which is 81 kilometres (50 mi) long,[1] runs east–west across Maputaland from Eswatini to the Indian Ocean.
This segment of the border terminates at the northern Eswatini tripoint at Mpundweni Beacon near Namaacha.
[1] The border then runs in an easterly direction along straight lines joining beacons generally at the same latitude as the Usutu-Pongola confluence (approximately 26° 52′ South).
[3] The Mozambican and South African Governments announced on 18 March 2018 that the Ressano Garcia border would open 24 hours starting in April of that same year[4]